(Executing arbitrary code on a production server is debugging in production.
Logging (additional information added to exceptions with 'raise _ from _`) may assist with root cause analysis and debugging on a different instance but IMHO logging is not debugging.) On Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 5:18 PM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 7:05 AM Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> "Well, if I get an import error, I can add some more directories to > >> sys.path and try adding the values again, that might fix it..." > >> > >> Who does that? Not me. And I bet you don't either. > > > > > > "Defensive programming" / "Offensive programming" > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_programming > > Do you plan for every possible exception from every possible line of > code? Really? Okay, show me something that catches ImportError from > "import math" then. What's in your except clause? > > > While there are plenty of ways to debug in production, > > debugging in production is a bad idea and is not allowed (because: __, > __, __) : > > log the exception with necessary details (traceback, exception attrs, > <full stack frame>) but exclude sensitive information that shouldn't be > leaking into the logging system. > > > > That IS debugging in production. I don't understand why you say that > that's a bad thing. > > ChrisA > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/PYQ6KWUGIVRH4BSDGAA2JLBCVBSTLKSJ/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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